MOH said that the new housemen will undergo an induction process so they can be trained to help deal with COVID-19 cases

Dr Adham Baba said all the housemen will undergo a five-day induction training.

"The immediate placement of these 1,000 housemen is to ease the burden of existing doctors focused on the COVID-19 cases. They will not be involved in the operation of the COVID-19 case but rather in the case of ordinary health cases such as fever, cold, and so on," he told a press conference at the Permai Hospital.